Tritonia crocata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Melons thorn less rosettes

thorn less rosettes

At 10 to 15cm this beautiful herbaceous reddish purple flowering annual flowers in summer

or sometimes used in a soup called pepperpot soup

It has a smaller bush with the peppers not quite as large as the Bhut Jolokia

It grows 6-8" long and is practically coreless

Tritonia crocata - Indigenous South African Bulb - 10 Seeds Melons thorn less rosettesTritonia is a cormous genus in the Iridaceae family from southern Africa. Most of them are in the winter rainfall regions or areas with some rain year round, but there are summer rainfall species too. They occur in a variety of habitats: grassland in summer rainfall areas, renosterveld, karroid scrub, and fynbos in winter rainfall areas. USDA Zone 8 Season to sow Autumn Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South